Lifestyle sports and identities: Subcultural careers through the life course

Abstract

the Routledge anthology examines how different stages of adult life affect participation in lifestyle sports and — related — identity construction. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it explores how gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and location, in conjunction with age and career stage, affect lifestyle sports practices, interpretations, and meanings. Although emphasising midlife, and somewhat older adults and seniors, the book digs into a wide spectrum of lifestyle sports engagement, traced across the life course, from young adult to older age.